Dr. Clarence Nicodemus, DO

Clarence Nicodemus is a highly accomplished individual and an experienced, board-certified neuromusculoskeletal medicine specialist. He graduated with honors from Michigan State University College Of Osteopathic Medicine at 62 years of age after a 25-year career as a biomechanical engineer. He completed his residency in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and then practiced indepently fo nine years.He was a member of the Board of the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California and is a member of the AAO Louisa Burns Osteopathic Research Committee, a peer reviewer for JAOA, co-authored Chapter 8 on Biomechanics for the 4th edition of Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine with Michael Seffinger, DO, and contributed to the 5th edition of Greenman’s Principles of Manual Medicine with Lisa DeStefano, DO. He has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and is a member of numerous medical and engineering societies. He is licensed in three states: Michigan, California and …Nevada.

Dr. Nicodemus has a previous career of 25 years as a biomechanical engineer. He earned his BS, MS and PhD in engineering with specialty in Orthopedic Biomechanics from UC Davis. He was an engineering consultant to the California Department of Rehabilitation. He was later employed as a Principle Scientist and Man Systems Department manager at NASA/Johnson Space Center in Houston for 6 years with the Lockheed Corporation and then Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Director of Orthopedic Spine research as a research engineer at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston for 7 years prior to attending medical school. During this same period of 25 years, Dr. Nicodemus was a part time litigation consultant in Forensic Biomechanics as a Registered Professional Engineer.

Dr. Nicodemus is the Clinical Research director for the Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Department of MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine. His research focus is in understanding the common causes and optimum treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP). He is investigating the role of sacroiliac (SI) joint dysfunction as a major cause of CLBP along with the myriad other musculoskeletal symptoms that accompany it. His research includes clinical observations and trials as well as biomechanical laboratory studies into the role of the SI joint in the mechanics of lumbosacropelvic motion, as well as force transduction across their unique structure.